January has been my second month of bullet journaling and I am enjoying the process so far. I find setting up the spreads relaxing as I let my mind wander while creating. For my January spreads, I decided to use the theme of Chinese lanterns as this month sees the celebration of the Chinese New Year.
It was fun drawing all the lanterns and I was delighted to see the result. Opposite my cover page for the month, I decided to choose a bookish quote. My daughter found the perfect one for me from Harry Potter.
It did take me a while to draw all the little lanterns for all the spreads – especially as I use the A4 size journal. The time doodling and colouring, however, passed quickly while I listened to music and chatted with my daughters if they were sitting at the table with me.
I have started tracking certain habits – especially those that are linked with my annual goals. It has been interesting for me to see the trends.
My weekly spreads have definitely been a delight. I am recording any tasks and events that have been planned for the week. I am also using the page as a journal to record my thoughts and experiences.
I am enjoying the lantern lights that I have created for January. Now I need to think of the theme I should use to create pages for February.
Have you created January spreads for your journal/planner?
© Colline Kook-Chun, 2020
(This post is linked to Becky’s Square Challenge. In the spirit of the New Year, why not join in the challenge and share some square photos featuring light.)
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Love your lanterns, Colline! Very creative and it sounds like the journal is useful as well 🙂 🙂
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It is Jo. And I find creating my own suits more what I want to do than buying a ready-made one.
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What a fun, creative endeavor – thanks for sharing!
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It is a relaxing way to pass the time.
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No planner but I do have a chart to track PT does that count.
Love the lanterns! I might try one
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You should – it is a fun way to track and plan things.
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wow, you are so creative. How wonderful
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Thank you so much Becky.
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I’ve not done any journaling in 2020 but your art is inspiring.
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Thank you Ruth. It has been decades since I have doodled like this.
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That’s so fun! And the journal is turning out beautifully! 😃
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I love it! It is turning out to be a creative and relaxing hobby.
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Well, you know February will have to have something to do with love. I can imagine your creating a big collection of hearts — classic ones, sophisticated ones, funky ones, etc. — and in all different colors — for your February pages. But don’t let my words influence you if you have other ideas. It’s your journal, after all. 🙂 🙂 🙂 I really like your lantern theme for this month. Your drawing is very good.
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Thank you. I will avoid the classic heart this time round, though, as I have decided on snowflakes. After all, February tends to be the coldest month here.
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Oh, that sounds good — and has a lot of possibilities too. Here in Southern Illinois, our coldest months for years were in January and February, but the past two years we had a pretty mild February and a big snowstorm in March. So around here we can’t really say for sure when it’s winter and when it isn’t.
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Here we definitely can tell 😄
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Clever, very clever. One that makes one think why didn’t I come up with that?
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If you bullet journal maybe you can use this theme next year 😊
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The art is fantastic! Really livens up the journal.
Journaling has so many wonderful benefits, as I talk about on my blog.
It’s nice to see it taken even further with creative drawing! Nicely done.
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The drawings add to the meditative piece of journaling, I think. They are pleasant to look at when paging through the journal and definitely fun to create! 🙂
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